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14-year-old twins Emzayia and Zyeshauwne Feazell say they were subjugated to humiliation after their social studies teacher required their class to clean cotton for a class project while learning about the cotton gin.

A high school principal in Colorado decided to quit weeks after a photo of several of her students re-enacting the horrific murder of George Floyd went viral on social media.

A school official in Boston has stepped down from her position on a powerful committee after text messages about "white racists" were leaked and made public more than a year after they were sent.

Vice President Kamala Harris' glory of being the highest-ranking Black American woman to make a foreign trip was short-lived after comments she made about the immigration crisis at the border, including an interview with Lester Holt.

Embattled former college basketball star Keith Appling is facing first-degree murder charges in the fatal Detroit shooting of his elderly relative. He has been in and out of trouble since leaving Michigan State University.

The first Alzheimer's drug approved in nearly 20 years could be a game-changer for Black patients, who are more likely to have an Alzheimer's diagnosis than their white counterparts.

Prominent Black civil rights leaders, politicians, and activists unloaded on Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin after the West Virginia politician doubled down on his decision to vote against the For the People Act.

Harris faced heat from conservatives and some progressives who are irate over the United States' history of mistreating migrants attempting to flee violence and persecution in their home countries.

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As we celebrate Pride Month, we share with our LGBTQIA+ community some helpful health and wellness-focused pathways.

Vice President Kamala Harris became the highest-ranking Black woman government official in U.S. history to make a foreign trip when she traveled to Guatemala and Mexico to address the immigration crisis.

The Democratic Senator from West Virginia penned an op-ed opposing Democracy reform legislation, citing a lack of bipartisan support despite evidence of Republican coordination to pass voter suppression laws.

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Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand donated $1 million to Morehouse College’s sports journalism program.